After the Broncos-Chargers mess, we figured it would happen — the NFL has officially announced they’ll be looking into the inadvertent whistle rule during the next offseason.
ESPN compares it to the “down by contact” rule that was changed a few year ago, which allowed officials to review some plays that they previously couldn’t.
It’s it a bit to late to please Chargers coach Norv Turner, but it’s nice to see the NFL taking steps to prevent this from happening again.
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Oooo! This is a point mentioned. I like when everything in place while it is understandable to mere mortals.
The league should make all calls reviewable.
“inadvertent whistles” happen all the time, its because we are human and we are all fallible
To make the most correct call on disputed plays it shouldn’t be disallowed because of the whistle being blown….thats just ridiculous in my opinion, its like oops, I dropped something now we can’t review it…sorry! c’mon now